The University of Chicago Header Logo

Tryptophanase

"Tryptophanase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of L-tryptophan and water to indole, pyruvate, and ammonia. It is a pyridoxal-phosphate protein, requiring K+. It also catalyzes 2,3-elimination and beta-replacement reactions of some indole-substituted tryptophan analogs of L-cysteine, L-serine, and other 3-substituted amino acids. (From Enzyme Nomenclature, 1992) EC 4.1.99.1.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Tryptophanase" by people in this website by year, and whether "Tryptophanase" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
People
Explore
_
Similar Concepts expand description
_
Top Journals expand description